You know, I'm from Texas, and much as I hope this analysis is on point, all of my Democratic friends there feel very alone and marginalized. I just can't imagine a shift of this magnitude happening so rapidly.

"The map we're used to seeing exaggerates the size of the Republican vote, since there are a lot of red states that are large in area but small in population. In this cartogram, where 1 square = 1 electoral vote, Obama's mandate becomes easier to see."